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Species Eublemma recta - Hodges#9078

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Noctuoidea (Owlet Moths and kin)
Family Erebidae
Subfamily Boletobiinae
Tribe Eublemmini
Genus Eublemma
Species recta (Eublemma recta - Hodges#9078)

Hodges Number

9078

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Eublemma recta (Guenée, 1852)
Micra recta Guenée, 1852
Phalaena obiqualis Fabricius, 1794
Anthophila flammicincta Walker, 1865
Trothisa pallescens Herrich-Schäffer, 1868
Micra stalii Wallengren, 1871
Tarache patula Morrison, 1875
T. patruelis Grote, 1876
Xanthoptera laphyra Druce, 1898
* Phylogenetic sequence #930695

Numbers

one of 4 species in this genus found in America north of Mexico.(1)

Size

wingspan 16-19 mm.

Identification

Adult: forewing light brown with dark brown straight PM line running diagonally from mid-way along inner margin to near apex, bordered distally by white; 3-6 black dots or flecks in subterminal area; subterminal line either reddish and heaviest at apex or uniformly faint, sometimes absent; hindwing white with yellow or brown terminal line.

Range

South Carolina and Florida to Texas and south to Argentina.
Bug Guide - range map with monthly record of photos submitted to the guide.
Moth Photographers Group - large range map with collection dates.

Habitat

Mesophilic (normal) and xerophilic (dry) areas.

Food

Larvae feed on plants in the morning-glory family such as
Ipomoea L. species * USDA plant profile
Convolvulus species.

See Also

Eublemma cinnamomea - forewing is darker and PM line is perpendicular to costa, not oblique.

Print References

Lafontaine J. D., and B. C. Schmidt 2010. Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America North of Mexico. p. 28.(1)
Hodges, Ronald W. (ed.) 1983. Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico. (2)
Boisduval & Guenée, Hist. nat. Ins., Spec. gén. Lépid. 6 (Noct. 2).

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group - range map, photos of living and pinned adults.
pinned adult image plus foodplant, habitat, flight season chart, and photo of male genitalia (Pierre Zagatti, Catalog of Lepidoptera of French Antilles)
pinned adult image and other info (Matthew Barnes, Moths of the Grenadines)
foodplants plus distribution map and synonyms (Markku Savela, FUNET)
presence in South Carolina; county distribution map (John Snyder, Furman U., South Carolina)
presence in Florida; list as "Eublemma recta" (John Heppner, Florida State Collection of Arthropods)
Moths of Brackenridge Field Laboratory, University of Texas, Austin - on central Texas checklist.
Moth Photographers Group - photo of pinned adult and related species for comparison.

Works Cited

1.Annotated check list of the Noctuoidea (Insecta, Lepidoptera) of North America north of Mexico.
Donald J. Lafontaine, B. Christian Schmidt. 2010. ZooKeys 40: 1–239 .
2.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
Contributed by Robin McLeod on 30 April, 2007 - 10:50am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman, ceiseman
Last updated 25 October, 2012 - 9:12pm

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